 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1869 - 558 страници
...because the imagination of man is more powerful that art itself: — " Over all there hung a elond of fear, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper to the ear, The place is haunted." The great defect of Ann Radcliffe's fictions is not their tediousness... | |
 | Edward Leach - 1870 - 382 страници
...unaccountable feeling of dread in the minds of the two thieves. '' O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear ; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted. And...plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted." Neither of them would hesitate to face an opponent, or to commit a desperate crime, in case of detection... | |
 | College debts - 1870 - 324 страници
...noble University is haunted ; yes, in the beautiful words of Hood— ' Over all there hangs a spell, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said as plain as words could tell, The place is haunted.' My place at least, sir, is haunted not by guardian Lai-es... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1871 - 466 страници
...made the very frame of Nature quiver; And every thrilling nerve and fibre feel So ague-like a shiver. For over all there hung a cloud of fear ; A sense...plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted ! If but a rat had linger'd in the house, To lure the thought into a social channel I But not a rat... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1871 - 640 страници
...the most tremendous detail, because the imagination of man is more powerful that art itself: — " Over all there hung a cloud of fear, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plnin as whisper to the ear, The place is haunted." The great defect of Ann Radcliffe's fictions is... | |
 | William Chappell - 1885 - 864 страници
...assassins were lurking in the lobbies, or arrests were threatened : O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper to the ear, " The place is haunted ! " That such loyal subjects as the actors could not banish dangerous... | |
 | John Duncan Craig - 1871 - 314 страници
...Hood says — " For over all there hung a cloud of gloom, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, Which said as plain as whisper in the ear, ' The place is haunted ! ' " So I thought it would turn out to prove ; but, alas ! I slept again, and awoke with the pleasant... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1872 - 472 страници
...shadow of a Presence so atrocious ; No human creature could have feasted there, Even the most ferocious. For over all there hung a cloud of fear, A sense of...plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted ! PART III. 'Tis hard for human actions to account, Whether from reason or from impulse only — But... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1872 - 300 страници
...marked the damp and mossy gravel, Each walk as green as is the mantled pool, For want of human travel. For over all there hung a cloud of fear, A sense of...plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted ! PART II. 0, very gloomy is the House of Woe, Where tears are falling while the bell is knelling,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1872 - 758 страници
...ruined, desolate, forlorn, and savage ; No hand or foot within the precinct came To rectify or ravage. "For over all there hung a cloud of fear ; . A sense...daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, ' The house is haunted !' " The centipede along the threshold crept ; The cobweb hung across in mazy tangle,... | |
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For over all there hung a cloud of fear, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted ! PART III. 
